Table 2.

Response to treatment in CRS anemic patients

Variable	Group A: IV iron alone (n = 34)			Group B: combined therapy (n = 47)
	before	after	p value	before	after	p value
Hb, g/dl	10.6 ± 1.1	11.9 ± 1.1	>0.001	10.2 ± 0.9	12.4 ± 1.3	>0.001
Hematocrit, %	31.9 ± 3.4	35.2 ± 3.9	>0.001	31.4 ± 6.7	37.1 ± 4.2	>0.001
MCV, fl	85.6 ± 4.5	87.5 ± 4.3	0.001	88.7 ± 7.2	90.3 ± 9.6	0.021
MCH, pg/cell	28.6 ± 2.2	29.7 ± 1.9	>0.001	29.8 ± 2.5	30.2 ± 2.5	0.043
MCHC, g/dl	33.3 ± 1.1	33.7 ± 0.9	0.066	33.5 ± 1.1	33.5 ± 0.9	0.979
Platelets, ×109/l	225 ± 69	199 ± 51	0.002	219 ± 63	216 ± 54	0.540
Ferritin, ng/ml	146 ± 112	454 ± 271	>0.001	148 ± 156	310 ± 203	>0.001
Serum iron, µg/dl	51.1 ± 16	73.6 ± 23	>0.001	49.7 ± 21	60.1 ± 18	0.004
Transferrin, µg/dl	246 ± 62	222 ± 51	0.015	248 ± 61	218 ± 48	>0.001
Transferrin saturation, %	21.0 ± 9.7	31.2 ± 9.3	>0.001	19.8 ± 10.5	26.1 ± 10.5	>0.001

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. MCHC = MCH concentration.